Contabo vs SiteGround

Contabo is strongest for budget-conscious developers. SiteGround is strongest for WordPress sites. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Contabo	SiteGround
Starting price	$3.23/mo	$17.99/mo
Best for	Budget-conscious developers Personal projects Storage-heavy workloads Self-hosters	WordPress sites Small business websites Agencies wanting managed WP WooCommerce stores
Stated uptime SLA	99.90%	not formally published as a credit-backed SLA on marketing pages; SiteGround informally markets high uptime (~99.9%) via status page / blog claims
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	4	6
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	Ticket, Docs, Community forum	Ticket, Live chat, Phone (higher tiers/cloud), Docs/Knowledge base
Compliance	GDPR	GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Quoted monthly prices are the effective rate for a 24-month prepaid/contract term; shorter terms (1 or 12 months) cost more per month Additional IPv4 addresses, extra backup slots, and storage extensions are billed as add-ons Outgoing traffic is technically unlimited but subject to a fair usage policy that can throttle abusive/sustained high-bandwidth usage Support is ticket-only on lower tiers; phone support requires add-on	Renewal prices are 3-6x higher than signup/intro price after the first term (e.g. StartUp $2.99 -> $17.99/mo) Storage and visit caps are enforced per plan tier; exceeding them can trigger upsell prompts Free domain / free migration offers are time-limited promotions, not permanent 12-month (or longer) prepay is required to get the lowest advertised intro rate
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18